Balian of Arsuf
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Balian | |
|---|---|
| Lord of Arsuf | |
| Reign | 1258–1277 (titular after 1261) |
| Born | 1239 |
| Died | 29 September 1277 |
John, Lord of Arsuf | |
| Mother | Alice, daughter of Rohard of Haifa |
Balian of Ibelin (1239 – 29 September 1277) was the
Constable of Jerusalem. At the time when he leased/rented it to the hospital, his fief of Arsuf was worth six knights' fees and twenty sergeants'; the Hospital took up his obligations with the exception of the servise de cors
.
He was married to
Acre
as his bailiff in 1277.
Balian initially refused to admit Roger into the citadel until papers signed by Charles,
Patriarch of Jerusalem
, had refused to intervene. To avoid war, he allowed Roger in and Charles was proclaimed king.
He died on 29 September 1277, the day being known from a single copy of the Balian seneschal of Cyprus.
Notes
- Gestes des Chiprois, Part III, p.171, ch. 328, ed. Gaston Raynaud, Genève, 1887.
- ^ Edbury 2007, p. 146.
References
- Edbury, Peter W. (2007). "A New Text of the Annales de Terre Sainte". In Iris Shagrir; Ronnie Ellenblum; Jonathan Riley-Smith (eds.). In Laudem Hierosolymitani: Studies in Crusades and Medieval Culture in Honour of Benjamin Z. Kedar. Ashgate. pp. 145–161.
- Marshall, Christopher (1992). Warfare in the Latin East, 1192–1291. Cambridge University Press.